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Snail

Newsletter No. 6: ‘Building on a theory’

To mark Charles Darwin’s 211th birthday, some thoughts on his 1871 classic, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, an unlikely anecdote about a snail, plus all the usual book reviews and links to Darwin-related news stories.

Published 12-Feb-2020
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: charles darwin, descent of man, dinosaurs, evolution, expression of emotions, galapagos islands, neanderthals, origin of species, sexual selection
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Newsletter No. 4: ‘Giant leaps’

Apollo 11 · Origin of Species · Richard Owen · Charles Lyell · sloths · lice · deaf moths · pregnant lizards · puppy eyes · palaeoanthropology · book reviews · heads on spikes!

Published 20-Jul-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: anthropology, charles lyell, dogs, expression of emotions, insects, origin of species, richard owen, sloths, space
‘Emotional Field 2’ by Jo Pearl
‘Emotional Field 2’ by Jo Pearl

An embarrassment of Richards

In which my head appears on a spike (six times).

Published 20-Jun-2019
Filed under: Articles Tags: art, expression of emotions, facial expressions
‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’ by Charles Darwin

Book review: ‘The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals’ by Charles Darwin

How animals and people express emotions, and what this tells us about our ancestry.

Published 04-May-2019
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin, Evolution Tags: expression of emotions, reviews

Blind testing

A interesting new study lends support to Darwin's suggestion that certain facial expressions might be inherited.

Published 22-Oct-2006
Filed under: Blog Tags: charles darwin, expression of emotions, facial expressions, heredity, intelligence, iq, nature v nurture, stephen jay gould

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